‘Pretty sad’: Harris campaign slams Trump for ‘altercation’ at Arlington cemetery

CHAINSAW AND TIED IT TO THE ROOF OF HIS CAR TO TAKE HOME. >> GOOD EVENING FROM NEW YORK, I AM CHRIS HAYES. WE'RE 69 DAYS OUT FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND IF THERE IS ONE THING WE KNOW ABOUT DONALD TRUMP NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE IN THE CAMPAIGN, NO MATTER WHERE THE POLLS ARE UP OR DOWN IS THAT HE IS GOING TO BE EXACTLY WHO HE IS, ALL THE TIME EVERY DAY NO MATTER WHAT. NOTHING EVER SEEMS TO STICK TO HIM, AT LEAST NOT ENOUGH. HE WAS JUST INDICTED ALL OVER AGAIN BY ANOTHER FEDERAL GRAND JURY. HE IS CELEBRATING AN ENDORSEMENT FROM A SUSPECTED WHALE DECAPITATE HER. MORE ON THAT LATER IF THAT IS CONFUSING YOU. THE SCANDAL THAT HAS TRUMP AND HIS PEOPLE SCRAMBLING FOR COVER TODAY HAS TO DO WITH THE BIZARRE PHOTO DROP ON MONDAY IN WHICH HE GRINNED AND GAVE THE CAMERA A THUMBS-UP OVER THE GRAVE OF A MARINE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN. THE APPEARANCE WAS OFFPUTTING ENOUGH, BUT YESTERDAY NPR REPORTED TRUMP CAMPAIGN STAFF AT ARLINGTON HAVE ACTUALLY GOTTEN INTO AN ALTERCATION WITHN A WORKER AT THE CEMETERY OVER R THE HELMING AMONG THE GRAVES OF THE FALLEN. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN TOP SPOKESMAN DOWNPLAYED THE INCIDENT IN A STATEMENT TO NBC NEWS WITH A SORT OF TYPICALLY MEAN-SPIRITED SPIN, SAYING FOR WHATEVER REASON AN UNNAMED INDIVIDUAL CLEARLY SUFFERED FROM A MENTAL HEALTH EPISODE AND DECIDED TO BLOCK MEMBERS OF TRUMP'S TEAM DURING A SOLEMN P' CEREMONY. OF COURSE THE WORKER HAD EVERY REASON, RIGHT? ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY SUGGESTED AS MUCH TELLING A REPORTER THAT FOLLOWED THE INCIDENT AND ADDING IN A STATEMENT, FEDERAL LAW PROHIBITS CAMPAIGN OR ELECTION RELATED ACTIVITIES IN NATIONAL CEMETERIES TO INCLUDE PHOTOGRAPHERS, CONTENT CREATORS OR ANY OTHER PERSONS IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF A PARTISAN POLITICAL CANDIDATE'S CAMPAIGN. ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY REINFORCED AND WIDELY SHARED THIS LAW AND ITS PROHIBITIONS WITH ALL PARTICIPANTS. TRUMP'S CO-CAMPAIGN MANAGER TOLD NBC NEWS THAT TRUMP WENT TO THE CEMETERY TO HONOR GOLDSTAR FAMILIES. NOT FILM A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN, HE WOULD NEVER DO THAT. J.D. VANCE TRIED TO PLAY IT OFF AS A MEDIA CREATED FUROR. >> YOU ARE ACTING LIKE DONALD TRUMP FILM THE TV COMMERCIAL AT A GRAVESITE. HE WAS THERE PROVIDING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO A LOT OF BRAVE AMERICANS WHO LOST LOVED ONES THEY NEVER SHOULD OF LOST AND THERE HAPPENED TO BE A CAMERA THERE. >> OH, THERE HAPPENED TO BE A CAMERA THERE. HOW STUPID DO YOU THINK WE ARE? HE WAS CALLED TO PROVIDE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, A THING HE DOES ALL THE TIME AWAY FROM THE CAMERAS. LOOKING BACK, I CAMERA. RA THIS IS THE VIDEO TRUMP POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA THAT DAY. OC >> WE LOST 13 GREAT, GREAT PEOPLE. WHAT A HORRIBLE THING IT WAS. WE DIDN'T LOSE ONE PERSON IN 18 MONTHS AND THEN THEY TOOK OVER. THE DISASTER. >> THAT IS A CAMPAIGN AD FILM THAT ARLINGTON, OBVIOUSLY. ALSO, DOZENS OF U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS DIED IN ACTION UNDER DONALD TRUMP. NO CEREMONY FOR THEM. NO ADS. THAT IS TRUMP GOING TO A MILITARY CEMETERY TO FILM A VIDEO REMINDING VIEWERS OF U.S. DEATHS DURING THE WITHDRAWAL TH FROM AFGHANISTAN, WITHOUT MENTIONING THAT TRUMP TIED TO JOE BIDEN'S HANDS BY AGREEING TO A WITHDRAWAL TIMELINE SET BY THE TALIBAN. THE CAMERAMAN HAPPENED TO BE THERE, AS J.D. VANCE SAID. THE THING IS, TRUMP WASN'T EVEN THE ONLY POLITICIAN CAPITALIZING OFF THE VISIT. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR SPENCER COX, A GUY WHO SAID HE WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR TRUMP UNTIL HE ENDORSED HIM AND USED PHOTOS OF THE EVENT IS SOLICITED -- THE EVENT TO SOLICIT DONATIONS. HE NOW SAYS IT WAS A MISTAKE, A THING HE WILL SAY ABOUT VOTING FOR TRUMP IN A FEW MONTHS PROBABLY. TRUMP'S TEAM OF COURSE, NOT ADMITTING ANY MISTAKES. INSTEAD WE'VE GOT J.D. VANCE, THE MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN TICKET WITH MILITARY EXPERIENCE, RESPONDING ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. >> CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THE ALTERCATION THAT HAPPENED AT THE ARLINGTON CEMETERY. >> IT IS AMAZING TO ME THAT YOU HAVE APPARENTLY SOMEBODY AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY, SOME STAFF MEMBER HAD A LITTLE DISAGREEMENT WITH SOMEBODY AND THE MEDIA HAS TURNED THIS INTO A NATIONAL NEWS STORY. THE FAMILIES OF THESE POOR PEOPLE WHO HAD THEIR LOVED ONES DIE THREE YEARS AGO, AT ABBY GATE, THOSE 13 AMERICANS, A LOT OF THEM WERE THERE WITH THE PRESIDENT. THEY INVITED HIM TO BE THERE AND TO SUPPORT THEM. THAT IS NOT AN INSULT TO THE MEMORIES OF THEIR LOVED ONES. THEY WANTED DONALD TRUMP THERE AND THANK GOD WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO STANDS WITH THEIR VETERANS INSTEAD OF ONE WHO RUNS AWAY FROM THEM. >> THIS IS IMPORTANT. IT IS TRUE TRUMP WAS INVITED BY SOME OF THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO TRUMP HAS BEEN TALKING TO, BUT THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT. HE WAS NOT INVITED BY ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE 400,000 VETERANS AND DEPENDENTS WHO ARE BURIED AT ARLINGTON WHO DID NOT AND CANNOT CONSENT TO BE USED AS PROPS AND A BACKDROP BY OTHER BEREAVED FAMILIES FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL. THAT IS WHY THE PROHIBITION EXISTS. IT IS A COMPLETE PROHIBITION. IT DOES NOT MATTER. BEYOND VANCE DISPARAGING SOMEONE WHO WORKS AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY FOR ENFORCING THE RULES, IS DONALD TRUMP REALLY A PRESIDENT WHO STANDS WITH VETERANS INSTEAD OF RUNS AWAY FROM THEM? DONALD, I DON'T LIKE LOSERS, I LIKE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T CAPTURED. HE SPENT TIME ATTACKING THE PARENTS OF AN ARMY OFFICER WHO DIED IN IRAQ IN 2004. DONALD TRUMP WHO HAS PRESIDENT FUMBLED THE NAME OF A FALLEN SOLDIER IN A CONDOLENCE CALL WITH HIS WIDOW AND THEN IS BICKERED WITH HER. DONALD TRUMP WHO ACCORDING TO HIS OWN CHIEF OF STAFF REFUSED TO PAY RESPECTS AT A VETERANS CEMETERY IN EUROPE, SAYING WHY SHOULD I GO TO THAT CEMETERY, IT IS FILLED WITH LOSERS? AND WHO ON THAT SAME TRIP CALLED THE MORE THAN 1800 T MARINES WHO DIED SUCKERS FOR GETTING KILLED. OR WAS IT THE DONALD TRUMP WHO HATED BEING FILMED OR PHOTOGRAPHED WITH WOUNDED VETERANS? A GENERAL CHOSE A COMBAT WOUNDED SOLDIER TO SING GOD BLESS AMERICA AT THE CEREMONY. MILLIE SAID AFTERWARD THE PRESIDENT TOLD HIM, WHY DO YOU BRING PEOPLE LIKE THAT HERE? NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THAT, THE WOUNDED. IF YOU THINK ALL THAT IS IN THE PAST IT WAS JUST TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN DONALD TRUMP USED WAR WEARY AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBERS AS A PUNCHLINE ABOUT HOW ROUGH THEY ALL LOOK TO TALK UP ONE OF HIS BIGGEST POLITICAL DONORS. >> I HAVE TO SAY, I WATCHED SHELDON SITTING SO PROUD IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHEN WE GAVE MIRIAM THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM. THAT IS THE HIGHEST AWARD YOU CAN GET AS A CIVILIAN. IT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR, BUT A CIVILIAN VERSION. IT IS ACTUALLY MUCH BETTER BECAUSE EVERYONE GETS THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR. SOLDIERS, THEY ARE EITHER IN IE VERY BAD SHAPE BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN HIT SO MANY TIMES BY BULLETS OR THEY ARE DEAD. SHE GETS IT AND SHE IS A HEALTHY, BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. >> SEE, THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE UGLY SCARS OR WOUNDS OR BULLET MARKS. SHE'S BEAUTIFUL, RIGHT? ISN'T THAT AWESOME. ISN'T THAT THE HIGHEST ONE COULD HOPE FOR? YOU COULD BE FORGIVEN FOR LOOKING AT THIS AND